The Function of Psychiatry in Industrial Society

The psychiatric industry plays a very important role in the modern world. Industrialized nations have an incredibly high rate of suicide, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, copious mood disorders and ‘personality disorders’, etc. Within those nations, just being in an urban area doubles the rate of schizophrenia. For a deeper dive into some of the ways inContinue reading “The Function of Psychiatry in Industrial Society”

The Many Delusions of Transhumanists

The idea of a coming technological utopia in which humans upload their minds into a machine to live forever conquering the universe or living in an immortal video game is a popular fantasy held by many technophiles. It is an appealing idea that may serve to help people cope with their anxieties about the futureContinue reading “The Many Delusions of Transhumanists”

Neoliberal Despair and Nihilism

The topic of suicide is discussed in this article There is a present sentiment that has been instilled in much of the people who have lived in our modern industrial technological neoliberal capitalist era that is both implicitly and explicitly adjacent to collapse-awareness. This sentiment I am discussing is a crushing nihilism. This is, ofContinue reading “Neoliberal Despair and Nihilism”